4 Provision of omnibus shelters, etc.E+W
(1)Subject to the following provisions of this Act, a local authority may provide and maintain in any highway within their district which is comprised in the route of public service vehicles, or on any land abutting on such a highway, shelters or other accommodation at stopping places on the route for the use of persons intending to travel on such vehicles.
(2)Any local authority, or any persons authorised to run public service vehicles, may enter into and carry into effect any agreement with a local authority with respect to the provision and maintenance of shelters or other accommodation under this section by the last-mentioned authority; and any such agreement may in particular provide for the payment by the first-mentioned authority or persons of the whole or any part of the cost of the provision and maintenance of the shelter or accommodation.
(3)A local authority shall consult the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis with regard to the position of any shelter or other accommodation which they propose to provide under this section in a highway in the metropolitan police district.
(4)In this and the next three following sections, “local authority” includes the council of a rural parish; [F1and “public service vehicle” has the meaning which it would have in [F2the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 if in section 1(1)] of that Act the words “(other than a tramcar)” were omitted.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34, SIF 107:1), s. 43(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II
F2Words substituted by Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14, SIF 107:1), s. 88(2), Sch. 7 para. 1